American History
The colony of Jamestown grew rich in present-day Virginia. What crop made Jamestown prosper?
tobacco
Give the contraction for "she would".
she'd
Ice is to water as solid is to ______?
liquid
What is 75% of 100?
75
What color is sapphire?
blue
Was George Washington a republican or a Democrat?
neither. Those parties did not exist yet.
Spell the plural of "hero," as in "war hero."
H-e-r-o-e-s
Which can retract their claws: cats or bears?
cats
What is the next number in this sequence:
50, 47, 43, 38,_______.
32. 50-3=47
47-4=43
43-5=38
38-6=32; and so on.
In what year did the United States celebrate its 200th birthday?
1976
What vehicles did most American pioneers use in their move west?
Covered Wagons
Which comes first in the dictionary: baseball or basketball?
baseball
What metric unit of length do the letter "km" stand for?
kilometer
We waited 50 minutes in line. The movie lasted 130 minutes. How many hours in all?
3 hours= 180 minutes 180/3
What birthday is the United States celebrating in 2026?
250 years of freedom!
In the early days of flying airplanes, what did it mean to make a "solo flight"
to fly alone.
A sentence fragment is always shorter than a sentence? True or False?
false
Sentence: "Come here."
Fragment: "running to the store"
What is oil called before it is cleaned and refined?
Crude oil
How many sides and angles does a quadrilateral have?
4 sides & 4 angles
What country does "apple strudel" come from?
Germany
Where are stocks and bonds and other securities bought and sold?
on the stock exchange
What two letters can make the "f" sound?
p-h as in the photograph
Which is not a legume: peas, corn, lentils, or Lima beans?
corn
Multiply 102 by 20.
2040
Whose face is on the quarter?
George Washington's face